Keyboard shutcut for choosing background color when brush tool is active?

Hello,
I've forgotten the keyboard shortcut for choosing a background color when the brush tool is the active tool . Holding down the alt key with the brush selected chooses the foreground color. What key do you hold down to select the background color? I'm on a mac. Thanks.

caligula1 wrote:
One keyboard shortcut for choosing a background color that you might not be aware of is opt + I (on a mac)
That's interesting, but is it a lower case L or upper case i? I certainly can't make it work on a PC.
A couple of thought for you... There are no easy to use shortcuts unused in Photoshop nowadays, so I sometimes steal them from little or never used operations. For instance, how many people use H for panning instead of the Space bar. I know H has the benefit of locking in panning, but I don't think I have 'ever' had a need for it. I have, in the past, stolen Y from Blur and Smudge, but I have not done so in recent versions.
But for quickly and constantly picking background colours, you need a convenient key, and that suggests the Z key to me, as I always zoom with the mouse and Ctrl (or Alt) Space bar. Just a thought.
Another option is the Wacom Express keys if you are using a tablet that has them. The Keystroke option won't accept some combinations, but I think it would be doable
Shift F4 is for an Action I used to use a few versions back, to place guides at 50% vertical and horizontal. They are easy to snap drag nowadays.
One last idea on a similar vein, are programmable keys on custom keyboards. I don't know if they are available for the Mac, but I use a Logitech G110 which has 12 programmable keys on the left of the usual layout. These 12 keys can be programed three different ways, and selected by the M keys above. I originally bought this keyboard for its illuminated keys, but I quickly got used to the extra functionality. Even the little volume control, in the top right corner, (highlighted in magenta below) is such a convenience. I use these keys for launching Actions,, although I found I had to make both G8 and G12 mirror the Ctrl key as I occasionally hit them by mistake.

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